Is it possible to not be on the proverbial wavelength at all, but still post a decent time? I finished this one slap bang in the middle of the 12-14 minute range I’m usually quite … Read more “Times 26,213: I Crimethink Therefore I Am”
Month: September 2015
Quick Cryptic No 404 by Tracy
This seemed a well balanced puzzle from ‘Tracy’, with four straight anagrams, one hidden clue and several slightly more complex ‘assembly’ clues, nothing too obscure; one or two needed a moment or two to parse … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 404 by Tracy”
Club Monthly 20180 September 2015
First of all many thanks to Dorset Jimbo, for kindly standing in for me for the July and August crosswords. Unfortunately I can’t look at his blogs, until I have cleared away my crossword backlog … Read more “Club Monthly 20180 September 2015”
Quick Cryptic 403 by Teazel
[Posted at 12:53 – I’m not sure if our blogger is around today and it’s nearly 1:00pm, so if there’s no word by 1:30 I shall post an emergency version. I’ve disabled comments so that … Read more “Quick Cryptic 403 by Teazel”
Times 26212: need your vocab chords stretched?
Solving time : 18:18, which is on the higher end of my solving times, so I was finding this one a challenge. I see on the Crossword Club timer that there is an 8 minute … Read more “Times 26212: need your vocab chords stretched?”
Times 26211 – of beautiful youths, maidens, Scottish islands and things in General
After struggling with yesterday’s grid I found this a reasonably easy puzzle; I completed it in twenty minutes without aids and I think (hope) I’ve twigged all the parsing. Nuff said. As usual, D = … Read more “Times 26211 – of beautiful youths, maidens, Scottish islands and things in General”
Quick Cryptic No 402 by Bob and Margaret
A warm welcome to yet more new setters – this time Bob and Margaret, the cartoon couple! And a fine debut, if I may say – thanks for an elegant puzzle with a slightly quirky, … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 402 by Bob and Margaret”
Times 26,210
I am back from my holidays and feeling refreshed for the most part, though I’ve noticed that even a couple of weeks off cryptics really does seem to dull the crosswording instincts (I’d planned to … Read more “Times 26,210”
Quick Cryptic no 401 by Breadman
No setter’s name online as I post this. I found this a tough but fair Quickie until we get to 6dn which caused me to read jackkt’s post of yesterday on the original aim of … Read more “Quick Cryptic no 401 by Breadman”
Quick Cryptic Milestone
Now that we have reached the grand total of 400 puzzles it occurred to me that this might be a suitable time to evaluate the success (or otherwise, but hopefully not) of the Times Quick … Read more “Quick Cryptic Milestone”